The goal for Mana Gammachuu orphanage: Every abandoned child brought to us will be given a permanent home through adoption Our Mana Gammachuu (Joyful Place) orphanage is a response to God’s heart for orphans. When we opened in 2012 as a care center for...
By Joy Casey Last week when I was in Ethiopia, I spent a couple of days doing what I love to do — play with children and hold babies. It doesn’t get much better than that! The Mana Gammachuu (Joyful Place) orphanage is a busy, busy place. We have 14 babies...
by Kayla North I don’t consider myself a lazy person. I am up early, I rarely sit down, and I always have a to-do list a mile long. I mean who has time to be lazy when you are a parent? Yet I find myself parenting lazy. I find myself saying ‘no’ to my kids out of...
Encouragement. Â Practical advice. Â Reminders of what you already know. We hope these adoption links provide you with all of those things! Dear Parent With A Second Bed in Your Room: You’re Doing the Right Thing @Confessions of an Adoptive Parent “When we...
by Cathy Carlson A definition of claiming by Jojo, our 14 year old daughter (adopted 2 years ago from a disruption): “When a parent says in their heart that this kid is MINE no matter what, it makes the ground stop shaking under the kids’ feet so...
We just returned from our fourth International Adoption Training weekend in Puyallup, Washington. Five couples – from Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington – joined us for a day and a half of intense teaching and discussion. At the conclusion of...
